Watt
(W) - Metric unit of power, equal to one joule of
energy per second, or work done at rate of one joule per second,
or rate of work represented by current of one ampere under
a pressure of one volt (volt-ampere).

Wavelength
- Distance between repeating units of a propagating
wave on a given frequency.

Wiping
Action - Action used to mate contacts with a sliding
motion to remove small amounts of contamination from the contact
surfaces and establish better conductivity.Weight - A value that is added to a link
on an association chart, to represent its importance relative
to other links. Weight can influence the centrality measures
used in social network analysis. See also social network analysis.

Weightings
file - A file that contains information that can
apply weighting values to links on a chart.

Wiring segment - The section of a theme line
between adjacent diverting event frames.